EKÖP Application 2025

University Researchers’ Scholarship Program (EKÖP) 2025/2026

Applications for this scholarship may be submitted by natural persons who fully meet the following conditions: who are under 45 years of age and have outstanding academic and/or professional and/or academic results.

Eligibility criteria, categories of the grant applications:

Bachelor’s degree (BA) category

the applicant has an active student status in one of the bachelor’s programs listed in Annex 1 in any work schedule, and
by the start of the scholarship, the applicant will have a certified completed semester
the weighted average of academic result of the previous completed semester is at least 4.00

Master’s Degree/Undivided Training Degree

has an active student status in one of the master’s programs listed in Annex 1 in any work schedule, and
by the start of the scholarship, the applicant will have a certified completed semester
the academic (weighted) average of the previous completed semester is at least 4.00
Prior to the start of the scholarship, the applicant has been doing TDK work for at least 1 semester (in the case of undivided training).

Scholarship support period:

5 months (1 September 2025 – 31 January 2026 or 1 February 2026 – 30 June 2026) or 10 months (from 1 September 2025 to 30 June 2026).

The amount of the scholarship is at least HUF 125,000/month/person

Category of PhD training

The applicant is actively pursuing PhD studies in one of the Doctoral Divisions listed in Annex 1 in any work schedule, and
he/she will not have completed his/her Complex Exam at the start of the scholarship relationship, or he/she has submitted or intends to apply for admission to any Doctoral Program announced by the Doctoral School of Semmelweis University for the 2025/2026 academic year in any of the work schedules (“Type I” application).

At the time of submitting the application, the applicant is in a student status at the Doctoral Division of the Doctoral School of Semmelweis University in any work schedule and completes his/her Complex Exam until the beginning of the scholarship status (“Type II” application).
As a condition of outstanding scientific/professional performance, the applicant is expected to have already presented the results of his/her previous PhD scholarship at least one OTDK conference, or to have at least one scientific publication and/or innovation result (patent, design protection).
The amount of the scholarship is at least HUF 180,000/month/person.

In the category of PhD candidates

The applicants are currently doing or have already completed their PhD studies at Semmelweis University, and during the grant period they will have an employment relationship or other employment relationship with Semmelweis University, which must be certified at the time of signing the scholarship contract.
The applicants’ absolutorium has been obtained or is expected to be obtained by the beginning of the scholarship relationship;
and their PhD degrees have not yet been obtained at the time of establishing the scholarship relationship; As a condition of outstanding scientific/professional performance, the applicant is expected to have presented the results of his/her previous scientific activity at a minimum of one international scientific conference and at the annual University PhD Scientific Days.
As a condition for publication, the applicant is expected to have at least one scientific publication and/or innovation result (patent, design protection).
The applicant has not previously received a ÚNKP or EKÖP doctoral candidate scholarship.
The amount of the scholarship is at least HUF 200,000/month/person.

Young Teacher and Researcher

The applicant is in a legal relationship with the Sponsor for the purpose of performing work,
He/she conducts teaching and/or research activities in one of the organizational units of Semmelweis University, which must be certified at the time of signing the contract.
He/she obtained an absolutorium in PhD training and has not yet obtained his degree, or has obtained his PhD degree within 5 years of PhD training, and
he/she carries out an outstanding research activity of international significance, the results of which he/she has presented at a minimum of two international scientific conferences, and
At least one of the first-time author publications used for obtaining the PhD degree of the applicant must be classified D1, or it must have a first-author publication in category D1 after obtaining the PhD degree, or it must have a patent registered as an inventor.
The amount of the scholarship is at least HUF 250,000/month/person.

The applicant is expected to participate in talent management at Semmelweis University (e.g. TDK supervision, PhD supervision, elective course lectures, etc.).

Scholarship support period:

5 months (1 September 2025 – 31 January), 7 months 2026 or 1 February 2026 – 31 August 2026) or 12 months (from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026).

Application deadline: 17 April 2025 – 18 May 2025

Applications must be submitted via the application platform: palyazz.semmelweis.hu

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